1036 George Harrison

Constituency : Edinburgh  South  1885 

George   won  Edinburgh  South  as  an   independent  Liberal,  defeating  another  Liberal.

George  was  an  Edinburgh  merchant . He  began  his  working  life  as  a  tailor  and  then  moved  into  selling  woollen  goods. He  was  Lord  Provost  of  the  city  from  1882  until  his  election. He  was  responsible  for  the  purchase  of  Blackford  Hill  by  the Corporation.

George  was  74  at  the  time  of  his  election  and  died  just  weeks  later  before  Parliament  had  assembled. A  memorial  arch  was  erected  to  him  three  years  later  and  two  streets  named  after him.